Promotion marred by irregularities, allege FUOYE workers

Workers of Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Oye-Ekiti have urged the Federal Government to investigate the last promotion, which they alleged was marred by nepotism, favouritism and irregularities.

They hailed the government’s decision to name the university after ex-Military Governor of the defunct Western State, the late Maj.-Gen. Adeyinka Adebayo.

“The honour bestowed on the great man is a welcome development for his contributions to the country’s unity and progress,” the workers said in a statement.

Speaking under the aegis of the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) and National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), they demanded the sack of the Registrar, Mr. Daniel Adeyemo.

The workers condemned management’s insistence that only workers who scored 85 per cent and above as average in their APER form would be promoted, as against 50 per cent in the extant rules.

The unions alleged that only cronies of the management benefited from the promotion, adding that due process was set aside.

The workers conveyed their positions in a joint statement by the chairmen of NASU, Adebayo Dada; SSANU, Mutiu Ademola and NAAT, Ekundayo Ajibaye.

The university spokesman, Godfrey Bakji, described the unions’ allegations as false, baseless and unfounded, saying promotion was done, based on vacancies.

He said the workers could not substantiate their allegations of corruption, promotion irregularities and favouritism, adding that anybody who levelled an allegation must substantiate it.

Bakji said there was no reason to demand the sack of the registrar, adding that he had not gone outside the university’s statutes in performing his duties.